And this is not the first time researchers have called out Missouri for having a high concentration of derogatory tweets relative to other states.

A map of racist tweets after the presidential election last year showed that Missouri joined the ranks with some Southern states in being one of the worst. Researchers than said that Mississippi and Alabama had the highest scores, and Georgia, Louisiana and Tennessee followed behind. Behind that group was North Dakota, Utah and Missouri.

Here's that map showing the spike in hate-tweets in response to Barack Obama's reelection, with Missouri near the top.